West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-07

at Tunnelton Of consumption. She
was buried on Saturday at Hopewell.
Mrs. &. was the widow of the late
James Craig who gave lecture in
court house hall about year ago on
phrenology.
Sam'l Marshall, colorcd fiend, at.
tempted to outrage Miss Lumpkins.
of Wood county, one day last week
but was prevented from accomplish
ing the crime by the timely arrival
of neighbor living near by. Mar
shall is now in the Parkersburg Jail
Noah Gross. OF Reedsville. John
\. Fortney, of Independence, Barton
Field, of Reedsville and Albert Hug.
gins, Of Newburg, Jesse Smith, Cliff.
ton Mills. VIM. l.. Kinzell, Howes-
vile, John II. Watkins and David
w. Lipscomb, of Rowlesburg, were
granted pensions last week.
The sixth annual session OF the
interstate w. G. +. L. conference
and School Of Methods will he held
at Mountain Lake Park, July &c, -,
% and 60. 1887. The usual excur.
sion rates have been procured. and it
is hoped that very large number
will be in attendance.
Benedict Kret was arrested at
Washington last Saturday for threat
cning to shoot the President. He
imagines he has been defrauded out
OF a large sum OF money by Mr..
Cleveland and proposed to send him
to the Happy Hunting Ground" by
the shotgun route.
At n meeting Of the directors of
the Kingwood Railway Co., held here
last Friday, call for a meeting of
the stockholders of the road on the
30th of July was made. The object
Of the meeting is 10 consider a Prop.
osition made by Mr.. George White
scarver, of Grafton, in which he pro-
poses to complete the road.
The b. g. o. began the new month
with an order to put all shop hands
on eight hours time, very disagreed.
BILE surprise, as there appears to be
more work now than the present force
can do in ten hours. Business on
the road appears to be very good.
Some of the train men report making
forty to fifty days last month.
j. r. Clifford. of Martinsburg ed
itor of the Pioneer Press, the recog.
nized organ of the colored people in
this State, has been admitted to the
practice of law by the supreme court
of this State. Mr.. Clifford is. we be.
lieve. the only lawyer of the colored
race in our State. He passed a very
creditable examination and was con.
graduated by the court.
Work upon the State Line road, an
extension Of the Baltimore and Ohio
running from Uniontown to the West
Virginia line at Point Marion, at the
mouth of Cheat river, will begin at
an early date. Rights of way have
been obtained in numerous instances.
This will open up one Of the most
valuable coal and limestone fields in
Western Pennsylvania.
Notice the advertisement Of Jona-
than Bowman's in another column.
Mr. Bowman, as our readers will re-
member, had his wooden mills burned
some time ago and is now asking the
charitable people of Preston county
to assist him to again begin business.
Parties wishing TO assist him fnan-
cially can do so by either sending
direct TO him at Evansville or to this
Office.
The Keyser Echo says that Mrs.
Felix Elliott and G. Y. Bishop pre-.
sented q china set to Mr.. and Mrs. +.
G. Elliott for a bridal present. For
shame, Felix, why have you kept US
ignorant of the fact that you are mar.
ried ? Wen forgive you and wish
you happiness, but we don't think it
is just proper for Charley to "chip
in" with your "better half and make
wedding presents.
Several .soldiers-and Republi-
cans-say that If the reunions in the
future are TO be like the one just held
at the camp.ground-mere Republi-
can machines-they will have moth
ing more to do with them. They say
the time to talk politics is during the
campaigns and not when old soldiers
meet to renew acquaintance and en-
entertain each other with reminiscen.
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